Executive Order 5419 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 5419—Ketchikan Radio Station

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Tuesday, August 5, 1930

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1 min read (233 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

Early Statesman synthesis distilling legal jargon into practical meaning, statutory anchors, and structural constitutional impacts.

This executive order, signed by President Herbert Hoover on 1930-08-05, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Ketchikan Radio Station." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

Constitutional Assessment: Scrutinized through Article II, Section 2, this action exercises the President's constitutional role as Commander in Chief. Early Framers recognized broad executive discretion in commanding military forces during conflict, provided it remains bounded by congressional declarations and respects civilian domestic courts.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ 8094, be, and the same is hereby, transferred to the War Department, and set aside for use as a radio station, viz.: Beginning at a point on low-water line 900 feet from southernmost extremity of Mountain Point, and bearing approximately N.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

233

1,477 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

11.9

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 5419, Herbert Hoover (Aug 5, 1930). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-5419-ketchikan-radio-station.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

Alaska Whereas by Executive Order No. 3406, dated February 13, 1921, a certain tract of land, situated on Mountain Point, Revillagigedo Channel, Alaska, shown on U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 8094, was reserved for lighthouse purposes, subject to any existing valid rights thereto; and Whereas the War Department desires jurisdiction and control over said tract of land for the construction of a modern radio station at Ketchikan, Alaska, in connection with the maintenance and operation of the Washington-Alaska Military Cable and Telegraph System; Now, Therefore , it is hereby ordered that the following-described land, situated on Mountain Point, Revillagigedo Channel, Alaska, shown on U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 8094, be, and the same is hereby, transferred to the War Department, and set aside for use as a radio station, viz.: Beginning at a point on low-water line 900 feet from southernmost extremity of Mountain Point, and bearing approximately N. 70° E., true therefrom; thence N. 45° W., true, 2,100 feet; thence west, true, 2,400 feet, more or less, to an intersection with low-water line; thence along low-water line, southeasterly, easterly, and northeasterly to point of beginning, being in longitude 131° 32' W., latitude 55° 17½' N. There is reserved to the Lighthouse Service the right to construct such aids to navigation as are necessary on the shoreward portion of the reservation. HERBERT HOOVER The White House, August 5, 1930.